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On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 20:39 +0100, John Bowden wrote: > On Wednesday 04 Jul 2012 19:47:49 aaron moore wrote: > > Hi all. > > My main compter is an acer aspire tower. It dual boots Ubuntu and Windows, > > however when I run Ubuntu it completely freezes and the only way to turn > > it off is with the power button ( windows runs fine). On a fresh install > > it works well for a while then it starts to freeze quit randomly at first > > and then regularly right after it boots up. I have tried debian and the > > same thing happens. I have disconnecting the internet, ditto, and googled > > for similar problems but to no avail. Can anyone suggest a way to diagnose > > the problem please. > > > > Re-Form Furniture > > Aaron Moore > > Conileigh > > Skinners Bottom > > Redruth > > Cornwall > > TR16 5DY > > > > Tel: 01209 890084 > > Mob: 07805686188 > > Email:aaronmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Web: www.re-formfurniture.co.uk > Don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know if their installation disk includes any > hardware detection progs, but dl a copy of Mageia and at the grub screen > select memtest and run it, if it shows errors theres your problem, if it does > not show any errors after doing a complete run, leave it to run over night to > make sure. > If Ubuntu will finish booting run the command dmesg in a terminal as root/sudo, > and copy /past it into an email for the list. > Regards John (Led43) > -- > Registered Linux user number 414240 > > Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and > he was going to blow them up ! > My thoughts are that the disk is failing some how. does the PC run from a bootable CD? with Mageia for a long period? if so its not the Ram or CPU -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq